How does your business keep up with technology?

“I think joining organizations like Ladies Learning Code and other technology meetup groups in the city can greatly help both beginners and seasoned professionals to keep up with technology for their business goals. Social and collaborative workshops offer the next step in technology by keeping us learning and sharing with others.” — Bree Emmerson, founder of BE3Designs (be3designs.ca) “To always be challenging yourself in solving new problems with new technologies, and sharing that process with others in the tech community.” — Tyler Findlay, website and mobile developer (tylerfindlay.com) “It’s a combination of spending a lot of time on the Internet to recognize new techniques and approaches, as well as self-motivated research and trial-and-error development. In other words, see or hear about something new, research how it works... and then dive in and try it out. Professional conferences like WordCamp Edmonton that bring the industry together to talk shop are also helpful.” — Kasia Gawlak, owner and principal of CodeWord Media Design (codewordmediadesign.com) “Let someone else do the footwork... You can effectively cut through years of ineffective methodology, dying trends and poor business decisions by sitting down with the people who know the tech industry and asking them the right questions.” — Jesse Kernaghan, web developer at Tiko Digital (tikodigital.com) “A willingness to fail. Much of my education has come from either blowing something up outright, having to solve my own problems, or being corrected by someone more experienced. There is no shame in getting it wrong.” — Sally Poulsen, web graphic designer at the Alberta Motor Association (ama.ab.ca)